Apparatus for automatically totalizing tickets.



A. KIPARSKI.

V APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY TOTALIZING TICKETS.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.8, 1913.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

Patented June 23, 1914.

64 j/woma/fag cl/ilwmc i b MIM7J A. KIPARSKI. APPARATUS FORAUTOMATICALLY TOTALIZING TICKETS.

APPLIOATION FILED 0012a, 1913.

1,101,453. Patented June 23,1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

To all whom it may concern:

Amixmsa x i-assist, or as. rursaseune, RUSSIA. Arr-euros m1 nuroiuurcnmrro rnmzmo 'rrcxurs.

pecification of Letters Paton-t.

Patented June 23, i914.

Application filed October a, 1913. serif-a1 No. 794,167.

-' Be it known that I, ALEXANDER Knmnslgr,

residing at St. Petersburg, Russia, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Apparatus for Automatically 'Totaiizing Tickets, ofwhich the following is a vspccifica tion. 1

My invention relates to improvements in automatic ticket registeringapparatus of the general character as that described in U. S. PatentsNos. 1,083,839 and 1,683,840,January 6, 1914:, granted to me, and in mpending application, filed July 8, 1912, 7 08,271.

The object of my invention is to register tickets issued from variousboxes and to provide positive means for preventing further issuance of aticket from a box until the preceding ticket issued therefrom has beenregistered.

A further object of my invention is to provide means for efiecti-ng thisregistration in a definite progression, thereby insuring reg istrationof each ticket even if tickets are issued simultaneously from several orall of the various ticket boxes.

In the accompanying drawings, in which .the same reference charactersindicate corresponding parts, in the several views, Figure 1 is avertical section throughra ticket box, together with a register and aperiodic circuit closer. Fig.2 is a diagrammatic view of a system ofticket boxes and registers. Fig. 3 is an enlarged view in verticalsection of certain parts shown in 1. Fig. 4 is a vertical section online Ho Fig. 3, looking in direction of the arrows.

Fig. 5 is a horizontal section of Fig. 4,, looking down.

1 is' the main frame of the ticket box, carrying the 'ticket' receptacle2, provided with the follower 3 and carrying tickets 4:.- The ticketspass out through the openin 5, into. the slot 64, formed by mounting thepiece 57jparallel to the plane of the openin 5,-th'e width of the slotbeing about that o the thickness of a singleticket. The aforementionedmember 57 isfcarried by the piece 6, vertically mounted on the frame,and to one side of the opening 5. Besides carrying this member 57 saidpiece 6' carries the vertically mounted piece 57, forming the slot ofabout the sizeof, slot 64.

Pivotally mounted on the piece 57 is the tongue 61; rigidly attached tothis tongue is the armfi-zf iyvhich projects through the opening 64c inthe armature 63. It is evident that .the arm 62"Inay be raised Withoutaifecting the armature, while raising the, armature W111 11ft the arm 62and thus swing the 61 to'the left to close the opening to slot 64.Normally the parts are as shown in Fig. 1., the tongue closingthe-opening to slot 55, relatively to adownwardly moving member; to amember upwardly moving from slot 55, the tongue will be shifted mo-Inentarily to theleit, and afterit' has passed,

will revert to its originaiposition due to the action of gravity on thearm 62. a

The ticket ejectin means consists of the following parts: A andle ispivotally mounted at 60. on the casing; pivotal-1y mounted at 52? is thearm 52, on which is pivoted at 53 the arm 53; this arm 53 carries afinger 54 that moves in the slot 55. The arm 52 is provided with acollar 58*, which 1s made with an inclined face 58. A pawl 59 is mountedon handle 60, adapted to engage with said face 58 when the handle 60 isdepressed. A spring 58" is attached to the arm 53'and collar 58, to keepthe arm 53 continually retracted.

. The. ticket eject' means operates as follows: Upon depress ng thehandle 60, the pawl 59 contacts with the face 58 of the collar 58 andraises the-arm 52, which raises arrn53, and carries the finger 54:upward in the slot The finger 54,11p011 reaching the tongue 61, pushesit over, at the same time lifting the arm 62 and slips by, whereupon thearm 62 and tongue. 61' drop back to their original positions, Uponreleasing the handle 60, arms 52'and 53 drop back/totheir originalpositions, and in. so doing,.the finger 54 guided into the slot 64 bythe tongue 61, passes down the slot andpresses the ticket out at thebottom of the slot. Helical springs, not shown in the drawings, may beprovided around the pivots 52 and 60 to aid in carrying back handle 60and arm-52 to their original positions 'Pivoted at 9, there through anopening 10 into the slot 64. Electric wires are attached to this leverat 66 and at 9. Opposite the point .66, there is 10-- E is a sourceofcrirrent: the letters 0, n, i,

is a bent lever 8, one-'end of which projects 9', etc., are placed atvarious points in the several circuits to aid in tracing out thesecircuits. 1

69 is an electro-magnet, provided with the beforementioned armature 63and core 69'; a contact 70 on said armature is adapted to contact withcontact 68 mounted just above, when the armature is drawn up; the arma-'ture may be provided with a retractingsprin 71.

shaped armature 36.

A mechanical circuit closer is provided, consisting of a rotatingmember- 29, rotatin about the pivot 27 and carrying the brus 29; thisbrush is adapted to periodically contact witha lamina 28, as themember29 is rotated in any suitable way;A is a register, actuated byelectric impulses in any well-known way. The use of these various partswill appear in the operation of the device.

In one unit, as shown in Fig. 1, of the system there are three circuitsto be con- 'sidered; these are described and claimed as the primary,secondary and tertiary circuits. The operation of this unit is asfollows: Upon the passage of a ticket down the slot, lever 8 is pressedback and contacts 6667' closed, closing the circuit: points E, c, n, 71,contacts 67 66, point 9, point t, point 68, magnet 69, point 39, througharmature 36, points AC0, g, 6, back to the battery. This is the primarycircuit and itis evident that after the withdrawal of the ticket, thelever 8 'is pushed to the right by the spring 65 acting on it, thecontact 67 66 broken, and so the primary circuit is broken. The primarycircuit, while closed, energized the magnet- 69, which attracted thearmature 63 and closed the contacts 7068. Thus another circuit, asfollows, was closed:

. points E, c, n, j, armature 63, contacts 70 68, magnet 69, point 39,armature 36,'point s 10, g, 6, back to the battery. This is thesecondary circuit and it acts, by its passing through the magnet 69, tomaintaln contacts 79-68 closed and so keep the magnet energized, which,as pointed out above, holds the armature up, which lifts the arm 62,which swings tongue 61 to the left and closes the entrance to slot 64and so prevents further issuance of tickets. With the secondary circuitthus closed, when the.

33 1s a relay device, provided with an L-' which releases the armature63, an d thus 9 allows the arm 62 and tongue" 61 tore turn to theiroriginalfpositions for allowing the issue of another ticket; secondly,it closes a circuit-through the registering device, as follows: pointsE, 0,12,, Z, k, register A, points :11, 47, armature 36, oints 40, g, b,back to the battery. So it is 9V1? dent that since each issuance of aticket puts in operationam'eans' to prevent further issuance,.wtfichmeans is only released when regkieyration of that ticket is made, eachtic, t is sure to be registered. {n Fig. 2, there is diagrammaticallyshown a icket registering system. B, B and B represent ticket boxes, allissuing tickets of the same class; A,'A=, and A are registers for boxesB, B andB respectively. Z is a register for registering the totaltickets issued of any one class; the circuits are so arranged that eachactuation of either A, A or A will actuate Z, so that the reading of Zwill be the total of A, A and A Similarly, C, C and C are ticket boxesof another class; their individual registers, that would correspond toA, A and A of the first class are not shown; their total register is Zcorresponding to Z. T, T T etc., are trunk lines, each line carryingwires from one-class of boxes. Each of these wires is connected t0 anindividual lamina on the commutator 26; thus the wire from box B may beconnected to lamina 28, that from box B to lamina 28 and so on. The lineT carries the leads from boxes C, C C to their individual laminae. It isevident, therefore, that the above-mentioned registering circuits areclosed. successively, and not simultaneously, so that simultaneousissuance of tickets will not hinder registration of each ticket. 5

The primary, secondary and tertiary circuits in Fig. 2 correspond tothose in Fig. 1. The diagrammatic representation of connections forboxes C, C and C is somewhat different from that for boxes B,B and B theprinciple, however remaining the same. In the system shown in Fig. 2,there is shown a fourth circuit, that through the total registers Z andZ which I shall "designate as the class total circuit. This circuit: E,points 0, n, is, register Z,

points 1, s, 46, armature 36, points 40, g, I), back to the battery, .isclosed when any one of the above mentioned tertiary circuits are closed,and simultaneously with the closure of circuits through any one of theregisters A, A or A Inasmuch as the closure ofthe tertiary circuitbreaks the secondary circuit, which in turn breaks the tertiary circuitand may break it too soon to make thoroughly accurate registrationpossible, I

provide a circuit which operatesto delay the interruption of thecircuits through thdfiso .line T,

registers consequent upon the breaking of the tertiary circuit. To carrythis out, I provide an auxiliary armature '36, just above armature 36and spaced therefrom by a small'spring 36. The circuit is completed,upon closure of the tertiary circuit, as follows: E, points a, n,d,-contact 72, armature 36, point 3 relay 33, point it,

lamina 28, and through the circuit closerback to the battery. Thiscircuit, then, keeps the contacts 3646 and 36-47 positively closed andthe circuits through the registers closed, as long as the brush 29 is incontact with the lamina corresponding to the box in question.

I do not wish to be limited to the exact details shown, as changes maybe made within the spirit and scope of the invention.

1. In an apparatus for automatically totalizing tickets, the combinationwith a ticket box, of means for issuing tickets therefrom, a primaryelectric circuit adapted to be closed durin said issuance, mechanicalmeans operated by electro-magnetic means in said primary, circuitadapted to stop further issuance of tickets, a secondary circuit adaptedto be closed by electromagnetic means, energized by the\ closing of saidprimary circuit, adapted to maintain said stopping means in stoppingposition, a tertiary circuit, a make-and break device therein, saidtertiary. circuit adapted to be closed by the coaction ofelectromagnetic means, energized by closure of said secondary circuitand said make and break device and adapted to operate electro-magneticmeans to close circuits through registering devices, 'saidlast-mentioned electromagnetic means adapted to break said secondarycircuit.

2. In an apparatus for automatically totalizing tickets, the combinationwith a ticket. box of means for issuing tickets therefrom, a primaryelectric circuit .adapted to be closed during said issuance, mechanicalmeans operated by electro-magnetic means, energized by the closure ofsaid primary circuit, adapted to stop further issuance of tickets, asecondary circuitadapted to be closed by electro-magnetic meansenergized by the closing of said primary circuit, adapted to maintainsaid stopping means in stopping position, a tertiary circuit, containingelectromagnetic means adapted to operate means to close circuits throughregistering devices, and further adapted to operate means to break saidsecondary circuit, said tertiary circuit adapted to be closed byelectro-magnetic means, energized by the closing of said secondarycircuit.

3. In an apparatus for automatically totalizing tickets of variousclasses, the combination of separate ticket, boxes for the variousclasses, independent means for issuing tickets therefrom, a series ofprimary electric circuits adapted to be closed during such issuance,mechanical means operated by electro-magneticmeans in said primarycircuits, adapted to prevent further issuance of tickets frBm any givenbox, a corresponding series of secondary circuits adapted to be closedby electro-magnetic means energized by the closing of the respectiveprimary circuits and adapted to maintain said stopping means in stoppingposition, a corresponding series of tertiary circuits, a periodic makeand break device therein, said teritary circuits adapted to be closedupon coaction of said make. and break device and of electro-. magneticmeans energized by the closure of said secondary circuits, and adaptedto close circuits through individual registering devices for each boxand through registering,

devices for each class of boxes.

4. In a ticket registering apparatus the combination with registeringdevices of ticket issuing means, comprising a ticket box, a slot fordelivery of tickets therefrom, a finger moving in said slot, adapted topress out tickets, means for closing said slot after delivery of aticket, said closing means adapted to open said slot upon completion ofregistration of said ticket.

In testimony whereof I- aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER KIPARSKI.

Witnesses:

H. A. LovIA UINE, M. ARONOLE.

